Daily Archives: July 10, 2009

The Capital Region BOCES and the AAC Institute are proud to announce that the “Local Assistive Technology Specialist” (LATS) Certificate Training will be held again this summer in Jericho, Long Island, July 20-24. The LATS training supports our Priority Goal of ensuring that all students with disabilities have access to a trained AT Specialist.

The NEW YORK STATE OUTDOOR EDUCATION ASSOCIATION or NYSOEA is a professional membership organization supporting outdoor and environmental education and interpretive services in New York State since 1968. The NYSOEA has a conference planned for this September in Fishkill, New York. July 31st is the early bird registration deadline as well as the deadline for

On Thursday, August 6th, 2009 at 8:30 pm at Heckscher Park in Huntington, NY a free open air concert will be held showcasing storyteller, Heather Forest. Storyteller, Heather Forest, weaves a spell with the magic of words. Her minstrel style of storytelling intertwines original music, poetry and the sung and spoken word. The comedy and

I am curious (also developing some presentations): what Web 2.0 or other tech tools do you think educators should know about, at least be familiar with term and look of item? How about it gang? Please comment with your list!

(Okay, start humming in the background now… “Take Me Out To The Ballpark..”) Hey, it’s still summertime and Discovery Education is bringing more fun to Texas! I’ve been a part of numerous Discovery Institutes and Days of Discovery and none of them failed to deliver on the promise of great professional development. Account Manager Justin

Greetings Blogosphere!I hear teachers talk a lot about a lack of time, so I’m always looking for short cuts to share. So, here are 5 cool tools to use to save time at figuring out what your students know and can do. Rubistar is a free online rubric builder. You select the topic and dimensions

Image by Sue Waters via Flickr On Wednesday, July 8 we invited educators to come reflect and share their NECC 09 experiences. Below you will find snippets of the very active conversation. If any of these items trigger a response or you want add to any of the conversation, please leave a comment. Valaina Shepherd:

I hope you all are having a relaxing summer. If you want to do some learning while you are laying on the beach, check out the updated calendar of summer webinars. There are some great webinars that will feature DE Streaming/Web 2.0 integration. To see the calendar and register for an event, click here. Enjoy

Greetings Blogosphere! I hear teachers talk a lot about a lack of time, so I’m always looking for short cuts to share. So, here are 4 cool tools to use to save time at figuring out what your students know and can do. Rubistar is a free online rubric builder. You select the topic and

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Many of you may have realized, to your chagrin, that the Xtranormal site has been shut down as of July 31st. I searched for alternatives and found Digital Films . I have only been playing around with it for a few hours, but have not noticed a feature that allows characters to speak typed text